Maxillaria pumila Hook. 1837

Plant and Flower Photos by David Morris and Clackmas Orchids

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Common Name The Dwarf Maxillaria

Flower Size about 1/4" [.8 cm]

This is a miniature sized, hot growing, solitary leafed epiphyte occuring in Brazil and the Guianas with ovoid elongated pseudobulbs that are enveloped basally by several, imbricating, brown sheaths carrying a single apical, erect, slightly fleshy, olive green leaf that blooms in the spring and summer on a 1/2" [1.5 cm] long, erect, sheathed inflorescence.

Said to be synomonous with M minuta but I have left them separate as there appears to be quite a few differences in both the plant and the flowers if both species are IDed correctly.

Synonyms Christensonella plebeia (Rchb.f.) Szlach. & Sitko 2012; Christensonella pumila ( Hook. ) Szlach. , Mytnik , Górniak & ?miszek 2006; Christensonella spannagelii (Hoehne) Szlach. & Sitko, Biodivers. Res. Conservation 25: 27 (2012Maxillaria funerea Lindl. 1842; Maxillaria minuta Cogn. 1904; Maxillaria parva Rolfe 1895; Maxillaria plebeja Hoehne 1930; Maxillaria spannagelii Hoehne 1930

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 drawing good; Flora Brasilica Vol XII VII 115-147 Hoehne 1953 as M funera; Flora Brasilica Vol XII VII 115-147 Hoehne 1953 as M minuta drawing good; Flora Brasilica Vol XII VII 115-147 Hoehne 1953 as M minuta var minor good; Flora Brasilica Vol XII VII 115-147 Hoehne 1953 as M plebeja drawing ok; Flora Brasilica Vol XII VII 115-147 Hoehne 1953 drawing ok; Flora Brasilica Vol XII VII 115-147 Hoehne 1953 as M spannagelii drawing ok; Flora Brasilica Vol XII VII 115-147 Hoehne 1953 as M parva; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 2 Pabst & Dungs 1977 as M funerea drawing fide; Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 2 Pabst & Dungs 1977 as M minuta drawing fide; Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 2 Pabst & Dungs 1977 drawing fide; Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 2 Pabst & Dungs 1977 as M spanneageliidrawing fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 28 1713 - 1776 Brieger 1993; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 28 1713 - 1776 Brieger 1993 as M minuta photo ok; Orchids of the High Mountain Atlantic Rainforest in SE Brazil Warren & Miller 1994; A Compendium of Miniature Orchid Species Parsons & Gerritsen 2013 as Christensonella pumila photo fide

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